I finally broke down and bought a Mighty Vac one-man bleeding jar to go with my hand-operated vacuum pump. It seems to work fine (I've sucessfully bled brakes and clutch with it) but I feel I use more brake fluid using it then when I've bled brakes and clutch systems using the two-person system. Because you're "sucking" on the bleeder screw you tend to pull air in around the threads of the screw and into the bleeding tube. That doesn't affect the final job, but I probably continue to pump (and use brake fluid) longer than I need to.
On Tue, 25 May 1999, Karl F. Bloss wrote: > Haynes suggests a one-man brake bleeding kit. Anyone have a brand > they find works well for them or is this superfluous? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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